American 199th Light Infantry Brigade troops check ID cards of civilians at doorways of their homes, as they search for enemy fighters, during the Vietnam War. Soldier kicks down door of house. Soldiers enter and search houses. Dead civilian on street. Partially covered body of a dead civilian. Soldier stands by as a civilian opens door of a locked house. Soldiers search in destroyed and wrecked houses. One soldier climbs up on roof to a porch on a house. Soldiers break down door of house with a wooden beam. Soldiers atop M-42 self-propelled antiaircraft gun, with twin 40mm guns, as it drives on dirt street.
U.S. soldiers posted in Saigon during the Vietnam War. Slate says 'After Action' and 'Saigon/Cholon'. Soldiers stand on the rooftop of a house. Soldiers can be seen filling water containers, loading stocks in jeep and distributing candies to the children. Children scramble for candies. Soldiers communicate over radio. Officers check maps.
South Vietnamese (ARVN) soldiers assembled in the streets of Saigon during the Vietnam War. Soldiers walk along the road side. Encamped at Phu Tho racetrack in Saigon, U.S. army 199th Light Infantry soldiers align 81mm mortar. Soldiers at aiming circle measure elevation angles. Soldiers observe the alignment of the gun. Others read a document. Army trucks parked in the field.
Film opens showing a damaged U.S. M48 tank stranded in a ditch at side of road near buildings in Hue, Vietnam. Closeup of the front and tread of the damaged tank. M-48 tanks parked under trees near sandbagged garden fence. U.S. Marine in combat gear silhouetted against window as he fires rifle from inside a building. Several U.S. Army soldiers, of the 1st battalion 44th artillery, load shells into an M42A1 twin 40mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun ("Duster"). Marines on the roof of a building. They prepare to fire a 3.5inch rocket launcher. A rocket is loaded into a tube and the 3.5inch rocket launcher is fired. A marine ties the 3.5inch rocket launcher onto a rope and stands holding it.
American Forces Radio and Television Station in South Vietnam. The television network station. A man climbs up a tall radio tower which broadcasts television and radio signals. A soldier watches a television program on a small portable black and white television set. A soldier enters the television station. He pins a notice on a notice board
Vietnamese women and children at a zoo in Saigon, Vietnam. Vietnamese people walk in park and zoo. Vietnamese women look at elephants. Four young girls seated on a bench. Children in the park. Vietnamese boy wearing a red cap.